"Pinyinization" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Pinyinizations [plural]
Etymology: From Pinyin + -ize + -ation Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Pinyin|ize|ation}} Pinyin + -ize + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Pinyinization (countable and uncountable, plural Pinyinizations)
  1. (uncountable) The Romanization of Standard Mandarin using the Pinyin system. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Chinese, Orthography, Writing systems Synonyms: Pinyinisation, pinyinisation, pinyinization
    Sense id: en-Pinyinization-en-noun-szY4oD7e Disambiguation of Chinese: 54 46 Disambiguation of Orthography: 77 23 Disambiguation of Writing systems: 84 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ation, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 92 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ation: 90 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 90 10
  2. (countable) An instance of Pinyin text. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Chinese
    Sense id: en-Pinyinization-en-noun-~527y4oe Disambiguation of Chinese: 54 46

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